my guest, the director of the gucci museum in new york city. this is "taking stock" on bloomberg. ♪ >> more americans attended a museum last year than all of major league sporting events combined. that is according to the american alliance on museums. st knows about the challenges of running a successful museum, running the ug museum across the river from manhattan. thank you for coming into "taking stock." somebody get to be a museum director? >> maybe if you are not really good in finance, you have to find another way. i have always been in love with art and i was very fortunate to find jobs in new york and in the arts. i was the first director of the we havert fund, which had extraordinary supporters, as has been the bloomberg company. i went on to lower manhattan cultural council in the pre-9/11 new york city, and then i was with the museum. i have been there 10 years and it has been an exciting trajectory. >> michael bloomberg is the founder and majority owner of bloomberg lp, the parent company of bloomberg media. the gucci museum, you